The truth is, though it seems like weight loss is impossible, you can really do it if you just shift your mindset and determination onto healthier eating, and a firm commitment to regular exercise. Also, you need a strong support system of friends, family and fellow weight-losers, because, as with anything, it’s easier to lose weight when you have encouragement from the sidelines and other people are doing it with you.
Family Y’s ‘Team Lean’ programme promises to help you in just such a way, as well as providing expertise in both diet and exercise. The 12-week programme is also open to non-members, and it helps you to lose weight as an individual or as a team. This is done through exercise, free weekly health presentations, community events and dietary guidance provided by the experts at Weight Watchers.
The Team Lean programme claims to have played a part in the wellbeing of Augusta, which in 2008 was cited by the Centres for Disease Control as the fifth-most unhealthy community in America, but is now no longer on the CDC’s list of the top 20 unhealthiest places.
This may be due to the social aspect of the programme. Team Lean is actually a competition, where you aren’t only losing weight for yourself, but also on behalf of the team. This creates a kind of positive peer pressure, if such a thing exists, and weekly weigh-ins help to keep the team on track. Your team mates spur you on, and help you to keep your focus on specific, attainable goals, which includes cash prizes for successful teams.
Finally, Team Lean offers weekly health presentations which include tips on healthier navigating of both the grocery store and the restaurant scene, so your mental wellness can be strengthened against unhealthy temptations. The programme doesn’t encourage one-off losses, but habit-forming healthier living, so why don’t you look online to see if even small changes in diet and exercise will have you feeling good.